The Nikon Z9 is about to receive a huge firmware update, and we got our hands on it early! Take a look at the exciting new features, and see if there are any limitations that might have been hidden in the fine print.
Wow, this automatically leaves other manufacturers as thieves, camera bodies can be greatly improved via firmware if companies put in the effort. I don't have a Nikon but if this is going to be a sticky policy then maybe I'll consider a Nikon in the future.
Fuji used to sell a lot of camera bodies because they kept getting better and better with new firmware. The X-Pro 2 got 4K video two years after its release, for example.
Nikon! How about ISO Bracketing! How about a better version of Shift-Focus! How about a Tripod/Handheld high Megapixel mode! All for the Price of $0! all for the Z6II & Z7II!
photography-lover. BS ISO Bracketing is in many other cameras, it's a simple FW UpG! And it's very useful! Focus shift works but its clumsy and needs simpler use! With the Sensor-Stabilizer, another easy FW Up G! Sorry I disagree!
Nikon (until now) and Canon have been lacking that as well. Due to competition, both will soon have it as well. One thing to remember this is a feature that only works on mirrorless cameras so could this spell the demise of DSLR sports cameras? Maybe in the future but for now, most pro sports shooters who use DSLRs wouldn't get much benefit because their skills of anticipation can get the same results by pressing the shutter early while shooting bursts . That's what I do and I'm not a pro. Anticipation is the key.
Agree, luck of draw with me - booked after being released 2 weeks, traded in gear, left small deposit and reserved one at physical camera shop / smaller UK chain
Camera is well worth the wait and yours will come.
The first video I gave a like on YouTube that made me roll my eyes continuously.
That said: time to compare cameras to the past two years of pc graphics cards. A lot of covererage, extremely limited availability and eye watering markups
Amazing from nikon making my A1 look old ,would love half of these features in my sony A1, pre burst is something i always missed from my olympus days.
Sony A1 still one $ell of camera and great ML system - very pioneering features they did and are doing with their FF and APS ML's. - kicked up Canon's and Nikon's butt for them to get their own ML camera and systems out.
could spend a life time waiting for nikon to get up and running with z9 and wildlife lenses ,hence i will still be using my Sony A1 ,and even if i put a pre order in for the Z9 by the time it came to fruition the sony A1 mk2 would be on the shelves ,to be honest i am more than happy with A1 specifications as when i purchased and have been using for over 6mnths now ,the video scene i only trial now and again and do not have a decent enough editing suite ,i have edius but not the latest and adobe premiere elements ,if i buy a 8k editing suite it will probably be sony vegas lite.
Minor correction: Apple doesn't charge for its software updates. All of their OS updates for all devices are free. Has been that way for a long time.
Their updates to their apps are for free. In fact Apple doesn't charge any subscription fee for any of their apps; only services like iCloud and Apple Music, which is pretty standard.
So don't know what Microsoft does and I really don't care but Apple does not charge for its own software updates.
The way Microsoft pushes new Windows versions on you, is most of the reason I run Linux. My last Windows box was a laptop running Win 8. I liked the tile interface, it was stable and fast, I was happy with it. The M$ began nagging and after becoming more and more insistent, finally just changed my PC without my permission to Win10. It was slower, less secure, and prone to crash. It got replaced with Ubuntu and later, Mint.
The only downside is that, unless you want to work only in RAW and run Darktable (which is excellent) or use JPEG apps whose GUI looks worse than my Amiga back in the '90s because KDE.. it's either Windows, Mac, or kludge some stuff together.
Still waiting for a decent update to my Z7II.... Many of its features need improvement. It is still a half baked product and is what the Z7 (original) should have been in the first place). C'mon Nikon its got 2 processors more memory than the original and still you can't make a decent update for this camera available.....
I am afraid it will never happen, they'd rather buy you the next camera to earn back the R&D for the Z9.
New firmware for the Nikon Z 6II and Z 7II Firmware version 1.40 for the Nikon Z 7II and Z 6II has improved AF performance. This update will enhance the stability of the AF, preventing the focus point from unintentionally moving to the background. The ability to emulate linear focus with select lenses will also be added while manually focusing, so that users can smoothly adjust the focus position as intended with an operational feeling similar to cinema lenses. This firmware update also supports the ML-L7 Remote Control (Released in September 2018).
There where many, many rumors last year for a version 2 update that ticked this whishlist to both Z6II and Z7II with. Yet it seems Nikon pulled it in favor of the Z9.
I guess you didn’t scroll past the first story. In the mean time, learn to shoot with what you have, instead of hoping what it could be. Or switch brands. Before replacing one of my Z6’s with a Z9, used two Z6’s professionally for 3 years. Z6 first version. The “half baked” version as you say. They are phenomenal cameras. They may not hold your hand and pat your nose dry when you blow milk through it like some YouTuber’s want it to, but they are otherwise excellent cameras.
And you didn't press the link to see what's still to be improved.... The minor update that the Z6II and Z7II get are a laugh and a disgrace to Nikon at the same time.
Oh boy, another ‘where’s my firmware update?’ whinge (which was never promised) - here’s a novel thought, how about buying a camera on what it will do there and then, not what it might do in the future?
Then again, I bought a relatively inexpensive guitar as it did the job no problem - but I’m a bit hacked off as there hasn’t been an upgrade to turn it into a Gibson/Fender/ Rickenbacker -outrageous.
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